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It's not safe to go anywhere these days. Consider the plight of Dr. Maggi Chancellor, an Asian studies specialist enlisted as a guest lecturer aboard a Soviet luxury liner with an international passenger list. Hardly has the ship steamed into the Strait of Singapore when it is hijacked by pirates led by a messianic leader. While the great world powers search in vain for the missing vessel, the captain and crew of a lone American warship devise ingenious rescue strategies, and Maggi struggles to intercede between captors and captives. Setlowe is a fluent and accomplished tale-spinner, unafraid to include some charmless types among his characters. The action is fast-moving, the setting exotic, and the background painlessly instructive. An intriguing glimpse into an environment not yet picked over by thriller writers, The Black Sea is a sure-fire winner for popular fiction shelves.- Elsa Pendleton, Boeing Computer Support Svces., Ridgecrest, Cal.Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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While this is a dated, but very enjoyable thriller along the Clive Cussler sea-adventure line, it's far more as well. The characters are much more developed and interesting than Cussler's and the plot is a worthy one, involving modern-day piracy, terrorism, and Islam.What's even more significant is Setlowe's manner of educating the reader about that vaguely-known geographic area, most of us only have hazy ideas about politically, geographically, and culturally.And it's significant to be reminded that this area houses the world's largest Muslim population, that it is still schismatic between Malays, Chinese, Singaporeans, and other nationalities, that the world's busiest trade port is the independent nation of Singapore. Setlowe teaches you the long involved history of the area, its curious scattering of small islands, and the motivations of its modern-day inhabitants.But lest you think this will be a dull learning experience, it's not. It's backstory to a fascinating adventure yarn that could happen any day of the week and for the exact reasons Setlowe lays out. ead it for the yarn, read it for the background information, but read it and get your POV about Malayasia readjusted to its startling potential and realities.

An engaging and exciting, if uneven story, taking place on a hijacked cruise ship and a guided missle frigate in the South Pacific. This is the first novel I've read involving modern day piracy - a very real threat to cargo vessels today.Technical maritime detail is good, as are character and story development, although much time is spent developing the Executive Officer Robinson's back story without much payoff at the end. Perhaps Setlowe is setting-up the Robinson character for future novels. His Captain Stewart has legs - as does Maggi Chamberlain. Expect to see them again in the next edition. Good, quick Summer Navy-action read. I enjoyed it.

Interesting read and politically very astute when it comes to Asian cultures in that part of the world. Written in around 1990, you would be somewhat confused as to why there is still a KGB, I really don't know why they re-released this now, but it is still a good read, if it does have somewhat of a limp ending. The author goes into a lot of character development but falls short in most areas, perhaps if he could have seen to write a couple of hundred more pages to balance out the build up. Three and a half stars